Private Law 91–220

That the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, passed in the year 1798, entitled “An act for the establishment of vestries for each parish in the State,” (“The Vestry Act,” chapter 24 of the Maryland Acts of 1798) as amended by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia in 1872 and 1873, and by the Congress of the United States

18 Stat. 25; 41 Stat. 278;

61 Stat. 992.

in 1874, 1919, and 1947, be repealed, except for paragraphs 9,28 (without the proviso clause), 29, and 32 of chapter 24, which authorize the corporate structure of the church, its ownership of property and right to sue and be sued, which are hereby retained. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed in any way to impair or otherwise adversely affect the title to property as presently held or hereinafter acquired. Hereafter the government and operations of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the District of Columbia shall be in accordance with the constitution and canons of said church.